Yeah I'm not installing another app on my phone for this shit. Ideally they should take cash and normal credit and debit cards. If they don't, then screw it, I ain't going there.
Heh. It sounds like the company was beta testing in production environment with a captive audience.
A better strategy would have been to offer an incentive to use the app, but allow other forms of payment, so when the app goes tits up, the entire event does not grind to a halt which screws not only attendees, but the businesses there as well.
To me, it sounds like they're trying to test how dysfunctional they can make the payment systems before people refuse to use them.
They made this app mandatory and people still showed up.
The app didn't work, and people went to the tech support tent, instead of leaving.
The tech support tent was a gong show and couldn't fix the problem, so people stayed and tried to use their credit cards.
These people are sheep, as cliche as the term is. They will endure any amount of abuse (while complaining, of course) if they're told they have to and everyone else is doing it.
...and people still showed up. [...] ...so people stayed...
These people are sheep, as cliche as the term is. They will endure any amount of abuse (while complaining, of course) if they're told they have to and everyone else is doing it.
People wanted to try food. They wanted things to work out so that might happen, despite seemingly minor obstacles.
They are presented bait and a positive rationale for the hook. It's up to you and me to convince them not to bite when these things come up.
Euphoric_Sandwich_74 3 points 7 hours ago
No cash?
deuce1028 1 point 5 hours ago
Nope. Tried. Venders declined.
Euphoric_Sandwich_74 0 points 5 hours ago
We’ve reached the state where we can’t guarantee safety of anything so we don’t want people to use cash for transactions.
Using cash is dangerous and unsanitary, but ordering food out of the back of a truck is perfectly fine!
These same people refused to let family members visit each other if they wouldn't cover their face with a piece of cloth, so I think that "make life miserable if safety not guaranteed" ship sailed long ago.
Apparently the Cheq company bought out the entire event.
Which, of course, raises the question of "how was a company based on a completely new, and dysfunctional, app able to buy out a food festival in a major city"?
They convinced an investor that if they forced everyone at this food festival to install their app, enough of them would keep using the app to justify the cost of sponsoring the event, and the investor didn't think to check if the app worked.
I hope central bank digital currencies and digital ID go over exactly as this shit did.
They've got one chance to get the public to accept it, and they're gonna fuck it up.
They're not going to give you a choice, just like they didn't with trans rights or outlawing internal combustion engines.
The only country (I think?) so far that has tried to force it through was Nigeria. It resulted in a massive upswing in crypto/bitcoin usage.
Bitcoin is a half solution because of every transaction being permanently publicly visible.
Monero's alright with me.
Imagine paying with your phone at a fucking street vendor.
Either you accept cash or I'll just get my food elsewhere. Screw your cashless dystopia.
Yeah I'm not installing another app on my phone for this shit. Ideally they should take cash and normal credit and debit cards. If they don't, then screw it, I ain't going there.
Heh. It sounds like the company was beta testing in production environment with a captive audience.
A better strategy would have been to offer an incentive to use the app, but allow other forms of payment, so when the app goes tits up, the entire event does not grind to a halt which screws not only attendees, but the businesses there as well.
To me, it sounds like they're trying to test how dysfunctional they can make the payment systems before people refuse to use them.
They made this app mandatory and people still showed up.
The app didn't work, and people went to the tech support tent, instead of leaving.
The tech support tent was a gong show and couldn't fix the problem, so people stayed and tried to use their credit cards.
These people are sheep, as cliche as the term is. They will endure any amount of abuse (while complaining, of course) if they're told they have to and everyone else is doing it.
I would have been gone at "mandatory phone app".
People wanted to try food. They wanted things to work out so that might happen, despite seemingly minor obstacles.
They are presented bait and a positive rationale for the hook. It's up to you and me to convince them not to bite when these things come up.
OMG HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN AFTER WE LET THE GOVERNMENT LOCK US IN OUR HOMES AND REQUIRE APPS TO GO ANYWHERE?
Using cash is dangerous and unsanitary, but ordering food out of the back of a truck is perfectly fine!
It's crime, not sanitation. Leftist hellhole.
Ah, that makes sense too.
These same people refused to let family members visit each other if they wouldn't cover their face with a piece of cloth, so I think that "make life miserable if safety not guaranteed" ship sailed long ago.
But that was "different" I'm sure.
Gotta keep the cash for the drug dealers
Why would they require payment by Cheq?
Apparently the Cheq company bought out the entire event.
Which, of course, raises the question of "how was a company based on a completely new, and dysfunctional, app able to buy out a food festival in a major city"?
They convinced an investor that if they forced everyone at this food festival to install their app, enough of them would keep using the app to justify the cost of sponsoring the event, and the investor didn't think to check if the app worked.